Davenport Echoes of Union in Local News and Tragedies
Marriage of William Henry Bissick Jr and Olive Helen Lancaster at the Manse with details of witnesses and homes. Reports on deaths, legal notices, thefts, and local events including a drowning near Rockford, a divorce and remarriage of Marguerite Maertens, and multiple city incidents and funerals.
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Twelfth
Rock Island Streets
John B. Donaldson
William Henry Bissick, Jr
Olive Helen Lancaster
St. Louis
Capt. Lancaster
le Claire
Davenport
L. B. Schwarm
Miss Zindell
Skee Jumping and Hand Painted Hose Fad лица
Skee Jumping describes a western skeeing contest with a long uphill run and a dramatic jump, ending in a masterful landing after a green-clad overtaking moment. The piece contrasts mountain speed with the exhilaration of flight and the return to earth. Hand Painted Hose craze notes stockings as the latest fashion, with a London dispatch quoting a gendered view on posture and dress.
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Earth
America
London Cable Dispatch
Moline man Henry Hanson held on larceny charge
Henry Hanson living at Twelfth avenue and Nineteenth street was arrested on the ice near the Channel Ice company by Officer Starofsky on a charge of larceny. He had previously stolen wine from the Rock Island freight depot and later faced a forgery warrant in Avoca Iowa. He was bound over to the grand jury for grand larceny.
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George Edwards
W. D
Arnold Petersen
Henry von Maur
Boston
Harned & von Maur
Edwards
Frank Klaver
Warnke
Warnke Klaver
Jesse R. Porter
Brady Street
Fourteenth Street
Young Conklin
Rock Island
Davienport
Perry Street
Henry Hanson
Twelfth Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Channel Ice Company
Starofsky
Avoca
Iowa
City License Friction Halted by Foreseeing Complaint Avoidance
In a passing remark a municipal official stated that measures were taken so no complaint would reach the city council as a result of the license. The comment suggests proactive steps to prevent grievances from surfacing during permit deliberations.
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el Vaso
Chisas
Dail
Rhyra
Las
Cure for hiccoughs simple scientific remedy
A Brooklyn Eagle note offers an immediate relief method for hiccoughs. It describes the hiccup as a diaphragm spasm and prescribes a sequence: exhale swiftly then inhale slowly with lips pursed, raise arms, and puff chest to reset the breathing muscles, ending with no more hiccups.
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Pacific
Brooklyn Eagle
Quotations on character and freedom by various authors
A collection of aphoristic lines from Eden Phillpotts Seton Merriman and others focusing on success virtue illusion happiness and personal choice. The quotes explore do good spur of moment action and the tension between liberty and confinement in thought and life. James Lane Allen Beatrice Harraden and Harold Beslie are among the cited voices.
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Eden Philpotts
Seton Merriman
G. H. Lorimer
Beatrice Harraden
Harold Besbie
James Lane Allen
Birds of Paradise and a Marriage Vow Change
A miscellany of notes on the bird of paradise and its New Guinea distribution, a humorous exchange about changing marriage vows, and a pest control tip stating rats die without water after 24 hours if all water sources are removed.
A Pathetic Exchange on Love and Bets
The Chicago Record Herald quotes a sentimental woman lamenting a man who loves and loses, and a man of experience replying that betting on a sure thing and losing makes a stronger mark in the pathetic line. The exchange highlights blunt humor about romance and risk.
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Chicago Record- Herald
Lachrymal Amelioration in Town Topics Note
In Town Topics a quip on grief ridicules a woman who mourns her husband’s death as she remains distant from others. The piece contrasts a youth’s love with a broader chorus of women and a graybeard, highlighting social attitudes toward mourning and gender dynamics.
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Lachrymal
Unclear Stock Transactions Reported in Market Notes
Fragmentary OCR shows shares and settlements with values around £500 and £2000 per share, noting reassignments and affect on face value. Details are garbled with references to standard values and possible transfers, leaving undefined entities and missing dates or names.
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Jes T
Ares V
Ion
Webster’s Leniency in Unpaid Debts Cited by Springfield Republican
A Springfield Republican anecdote recalls Daniel Webster as merciful to debtors who owed him. Webster reportedly told a frightened tradesman to sue as often as needed, but not starve him, illustrating his readiness to extend credit and endure financial risk for partners.
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Ebster
Daniel Webster
Daniel
Mr. Webster
Webster
Springfield Republican
Holiday travel rates announced by railroads
Travel agencies report holiday round trip fares on the C and PL railway and the Burlington system. Tickets sold for December 24 25 31 and January 1 to any point on their lines within specified radii with a final return by January 4. Fares are one and one third times the regular rate.
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Burlington
Rock Island
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Church of the Immaculate Conception
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Iowa City
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Sarah Burkley
Frank Long
Emma Graham
Louise Beamer
Harry Davenport
Marguerite Maertens
Marguerite
Grethe) Maertens
William Sudrow
Justice of the Peace
Louis Roddewiz
Hilmer
William
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McParland
Justice Shop
Claus M. Kuehl
Grand
Cal
John Ryan
Lena Zoring
Miss Zoring
Keystone
Fritz Zoring
Claus Groth Hall
Mr. Kuehl
Colorado
O— Humboldt Lodge
Bankers’ Union
J. L. Roehifs
H. J. Lemm
John Kindemann
H. Jacobs
John Ross
Theodore Herman
Adolph Paulsen
Rosco Conklin
Tock Island
Mary Hennessy Tin Hennessy
West Fourth Street
Marrrow
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HH. Cordes
Dence
Fairmount Cemetery
Marta Burns
Rock Island Sway
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Rock Island Road
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Frank
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Mueller Lumber Company
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Len Bryson
Posta Davenport
Roosevelt
H.C. Payne
Bryson
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Moline
Second Congregational
Lund
Ednah Creutz
Ednah
Mabel Creutz
Inday School
Silker
Os. W. Warr
Burton K. Wheeler
University of Michigan At
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C. S. Kerns
Moline Building, Savings and Loan Association
Association
Warr
Ware
Wheeler
M. J. McEntry
Wheel
Mississippi Valley “Fraction Company
U.P. Herd
PLY. Keater
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S. E. van Noorden
Tbunal
Hannah Freeman
Vicief Tribunal
Nellie Abel
B. Haley
Albert Freeman
James MecElhattan
Dr. Guard
A O'Neil Wtiner
Walter John W. Gleason
H.R. Milne
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Moline Pump Company
T Factory
Mulder
City of
Tyeur
New Guinea
Gracie
Duckie
Chicago Record-Herald
W. L. Douglas
Hanan & Son
Sadlies
Second Avenue
Evees
Grant Carver
Rock Island, Ill
Philadelphia
Golden State
Hornia
Golden State Limited
Hoase
F. H. Plummer
Cc. P. A
F. Boyd
the Savings Department of the
People’s National Bank
J. M. Buford
John Crabaugh
P. Greenawalt
S.eek. Corner
Mitchell & Lynde
Oland
Hane
Srubaugh
Hull
W. Turst
Hell
Simon
M. Buford
Jackson and Hurst
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